diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/microdata/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/microdata/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..39ed19395c5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/microdata/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, html5lib
+, unittestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "microdata";
+  version = "0.8.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "edsu";
+    repo = "microdata";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-BAygCLBLxZ033ZWRFSR52dSM2nPY8jXplDXQ8WW3KPo=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    html5lib
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    unittestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "microdata" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Library for extracting html microdata";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/edsu/microdata";
+    license = licenses.cc0;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ambroisie ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b47d55ad0e55..66d1af78f3b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5712,6 +5712,8 @@ in {
 
   micawber = callPackage ../development/python-modules/micawber { };
 
+  microdata = callPackage ../development/python-modules/microdata { };
+
   midiutil = callPackage ../development/python-modules/midiutil { };
 
   mido = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mido { };